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sharpwriter:
Thanks jàre... Will correct the sign... Was typing fast coz I don vex

sharpwriter:
What are you noting you got it right and he was wrong!

Finasir:
Hello, please what animal is Alamin/ Alamun in English. Thanks is advance

Aaka = Hedgehog
Àgbọnrín = Deer
Agemon, ògà = Chameleon
Agodongbo = Colt
Àgùnfọn = Giraffe
Àkeke = Scorpion
Àkókó = Wood pecker
Akò = Grey Heron
Aparo = Bushfowl
Àwòdì, Àṣá = Kite
Ẹfọn = Buffalo
Ẹ̀ga = Weaver
Erè, Òjòlá = Python
Erin = Elephant
Erinmi = Hippopotamus
Ẹtà = civet cat
Ẹtù, Awó = Guinea fowl
Etu, Èsúró = Duiker

Ewúrẹ = Goat
Rakunmi = camel
Ìbákà = Canary bird
Ìgalà = Bushbuck
Ìjàpá, Ahun, Alábahun = Tortoise
Ìnọkí = Baboon or Mandrill
Ìràwò = Beetle
Kọlọkọlọ = Fox
Kìnìún = Lion
lámilámi = Dragonfly
Ofàfà = Tree hyrax
Ọ̀bọ = Monkey
Ológbò = Cat
Omo-nlé = Gecko Lizard
Òtòlò = Waterbuck
Òwìwí = Owl
Oyà = cane Rat/Grasscutter
Pẹpẹyẹ = Duck
Yànmùyánmú, ẹfọn = Mosquito
Eranko bi imado/Àgbánréré = Rhinoceros
Ẹkùn/Ògìdán = Tiger
Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn = Leopard
Erinmi/Erinmilokun = Hippopotamus
Ìmàdò = Wild boar
Ikõkò = Hyena/Hyaena
Kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ = Donkey
Kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ abilà = Zebra
Ìjímèrè = Brown Monkey
Egbin/Ẹtu/Olube/Esuró = Antelope
Ọ̀wàwà = Cheetah
Ọṣà = Chimpanzee
Ọka = Gabon viper
Sebe = Cobra
Ahọnrihọn = Alligator
Antaa/Aleegba = Monitor Lizard
Igun, Gunnugun, Gurugu, Akala = Vulture
Ologiri = Palm bird
Arigiṣẹgi = Wood- Carrier
Ọkin = Peacock
Ọkẹrẹ = Squirrel
Okinrin = Okinrin
Okete = Pouch Rat
Edu = Wild Goat
Akurakuda = Shark
Ekolo = Earthworm
Ẹyẹ-Orin = Songbird
Aparo = Partridge
Ibakasiẹ = Ass
Ẹyẹ-Ofu = Pelican
Osin = Water Bird
Yanja-yanja = Sea Bird
Adaba = Dove
Paramọlẹ = Viper
Pẹju-pẹju = Seagulls
Sọmidọlọti/Oloyo = Yellow-haired Monkey
Ẹyẹ-Iwo = Raven
Iṣawuru = Fresh-water Snail
Igbin/Aginniṣọ = Snail
Ẹdun = Ape
Alangba = Lizard
Alakasa = Lobster
Ere = African rock python
Ẹlẹdẹ-Igbo = Boar
Elegbede = Chimpanzee
Ojola = African rock Python
Kọnkọ = frog
Ọpọlọ = Toad
Eegbọn = Tick/flee
Akan = Crab
Oriri = Wild pigeon
Oorẹ, Eerẹ, Ojigbọn = Porcupine
Tanpẹpẹ = Blank-ants
Ọkunrun = Millipede
Aja-Ọdẹ = Hound
Lekeleke = Cattle-egret
Ogongo = Ostrich
Ikan, Ikamudu = White ant/Termite
Idi = Eagle
Oyin = Bee
Eṣinṣin/Eṣin = Housefly
Kokoro-Ojuọti = Gnats
Eliri = Mouse
Abonilejọpọn = Red-ants
Ina-Ori = Lice
Idun = Bedbugs
Alapandẹdẹ = Swallow
Iru, Eṣinṣin- Nla = Gadfly
Akata/Ajako = Jackal
Eja-odo = Jelly fish
Aferegbojo/ Afe-imojo = A species of bird
Elulu = A brown feathered bird
Labalaba = Butterfly

confiritch:
Zebra is Egbin. Kekete Abila is descriptive.

This is a toad and it’s inedible.

The one in the second pic is a frog which is the one we eat.

Toad is the one most of us referred to as frog which is incorrect because the one which we eat is the one that’s a frog.

nlPoster:
Are you implying the others did not?

Here’s a little incite on the differences between the name Ekùn and Amotekun:

Amidst the politically charged arguments surrounding Operation Àmò̩té̩kùn, linguists and culture enthusiasts are also weighing in on suppositions surrounding the English translation of àmò̩té̩kùn.

What does the word àmò̩té̩kùn mean?

Linguists have long taken issue with ascribing the name àmò̩té̩kùn interchangeably with the leopard, cheetah and tiger. To disentangle this twist, linguists have carefully investigated the matter from the Yorùbá cultural perspective regarding names and translations.

This Yorùbá proverb lends some insight: “Asárépani bíi àmò̩té̩kùn,” which roughly translates in English as “To kill as fast as an àmò̩té̩kùn,” comparing a person or thing to a fast animal. Well, then, it must be a cheetah, right?

The cheetah is the fastest land animal — even Usain Bolt could not outrun it. The word àmò̩té̩kùn comes from the phrase “ohun tí a mò tó tó e̩kùn,” which loosely translates to “what we know that has attributes of an e̩kùn.”

By these claims, one could conclude àmò̩té̩kùn means cheetah. Nevertheless, some call the cheetah òwàwà — not àmò̩té̩kùn.

But what does e̩kùn actually mean? Is it a cheetah, leopard or tiger?

Some believe e̩kùn is the leopard, native to sub-Saharan Africa, which has a long-standing relationship with Yorùbá people. The proverb “fere bí e̩kùn” which means “as swift as an e̩kùn” speaks to this relationship. A cheetah is faster than a leopard. But is a leopard indeed swifter than a tiger?

Some believe that ekùn refers to a tiger — an animal that actually hails from Asia.

This relationship between e̩kùn and tiger may have emerged from three possibilities: 1. colonization, 2. Western education, or 3. Early Africans’ encounters with the tiger, when British may have imported them to Nigeria during the colonial era.

It is possible that British colonizers may have assigned the meaning of e̩kùn to the tiger because the tiger was more familiar to them as a “fast animal.” There is no way, however, that e̩kùn originally meant “tiger” as this animal is not indigenous to Nigeria.

Some say that the word tiger is ògìdán, but this is most likely an oríkì (“praise name”) derived from the song:

Ògìdán ò ní se barber k’ájá dé’bè lo ge’run, ìpòrí ajá ò gbódò b’é̩kùnní bùbá.
Ògìdán will not become a barber, the dogs will not go there to cut their hair — no dog dare enter the territory of the e̩kùn.
This proverb, a mix of English and Yorùbá words, uses the English word “barber,” meaning that the song was likely composed during or after British colonial rule. Perhaps, that is when the idea arose that e̩kùn and ogìdán both mean “tiger.”

Another Yorùbá saying goes: “Ògìdán olólà ‘jù, akomonílà láì l’óbe” or “Ògìdán, a prominent forest animal, gives marks to it cubs without using a knife,” — referring to its sharp claws. This proverb affirms that Yorùbá people are most conversant with the leopard — the animal in their immediate environment and therefore, ogidan also means leopard, not a tiger or cheetah.

If leopard is e̩kùn, we can safely agree that cheetah is àmò̩té̩kùn.

Both have similar skins, compared with the tiger. The leopard has circular dotted spots; the cheetah also has dotted spots whereas the tiger has stripes. The face of the leopard and cheetah also bear some resemblance.

ipledge10:
Asare pani bi Amotekun doesn’t mean Amotekun is cheetah because cheetah is fast. Leopard is also fast compared to other animals. Leopard can run 58km/hr, leap over 6 meter horizontal. Cheetahs are docile big cat. They avoid direct contact with humans, and are generally not a threat to people. Cheetah can never be Amotekun.

N3cR0mAZc3R:
Incorrect. A leopard can kill faster than a cheetah but not run as fast. There's a difference between agility and being fast.

A leopard is quicker but a cheetah runs faster.

Leopard is ẹkùn, Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn is cheetah.

presiade:
Ekun is tiger. It’s also called ogidan.

The tiger doesn’t really have a Yoruba name to be precise but it was sometimes referred to as Ogidan Olola iju (the barber of the jungle due to it’s sharp claws), but that name belongs to the leopard.
Ekun is a name originally for the leopard but can also be used for the tiger too.

N3cR0mAZc3R:
We have no tiger nor have our fore fathers ever seen it in yorubaland. Leopard is what hunters called ogidan ọlọ́lá iju he who have sharp claws and make tribal marks without marks (Leopards claw is described as being similar to a living chain saw).

Leopard is Ẹkùn or ogidan.

I made this thread so I know what I am saying.

presiade:
That’s far from the truth. There was no way to call a leopard ekùn. The name ekùn came from the humming sound that tigers make, which leopards don’t. Even if tigers are now extinct in the present day “Yorubaland”, they existed and the forefathers also saw tigers (which they called ekùn) in other kingdoms (Bariba/Borgu, Dahomey, etc.). Ogidan ọlọ́lá iju, akomo nílà lai lo abe refers to tiger’s sharp claws that it uses to scratch its prey as if making tribal marks on a child.

N3cR0mAZc3R:
I digress bro. Someone else may be able to let you know later on. As for now I can't help.

presiade:
You consider yourself an authority, whereas you don't know who you're conversing with. I am stating those as facts, I am not asking if it's right or wrong. You go and learn from people who are more knowledgeable than you on this, maybe they can further enlighten you.

N3cR0mAZc3R:
We have no tiger nor have our fore fathers ever seen it in yorubaland. Leopard is what hunters called ogidan ọlọ́lá iju he who have sharp claws and make tribal marks without marks (Leopards claw is described as being similar to a living chain saw).

Leopard is Ẹkùn or ogidan.

I made this thread so I know what I am saying.

Olu317:
The same some of you people will hastily conclude Yoruba ancestors have loaned many words Arabic language ?

And what about Yoruba language's wordings that are found in Ancient Hebrew language that are not known in Arabic's ?

Indeed, Yoruba ancestors have existed even in Europe before gradually moving out and diverged from same ancestors between 100,000 and 80,000 Years ago in Europe..

Compare the DNA of divergents 100000 found in Europe and ±14000 found in Iwo Eleru..

My point here is that you stop conclusion when you assume over what you have no knowledge on.

My assignment for you is that you should mention the name of the researcher who identified Yoruba ancestors diverged over 100000 years and I will share five words from over a thousand which does not exist in Arabic but are found in Both Yoruba and Ancient Hebrew .

N3cR0mAZc3R:
Incorrect. A leopard can kill faster than a cheetah but not run as fast. There's a difference between agility and being fast.

A leopard is quicker but a cheetah runs faster.

Leopard is ẹkùn, Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn is cheetah.

babubakri080:
Liili is porcupine in English. It is spiky

AkanmuKehinde:
Well done for this write-up!

what is "ijalo, eera," in english?

what is "spider,cricket" in yoruba?

presiade:
That’s far from the truth. There was no way to call a leopard ekùn. The name ekùn came from the humming sound that tigers make, which leopards don’t. Even if tigers are now extinct in the present day “Yorubaland”, they existed and the forefathers also saw tigers (which they called ekùn) in other kingdoms (Bariba/Borgu, Dahomey, etc.). Ogidan ọlọ́lá iju, akomo nílà lai lo abe refers to tiger’s sharp claws that it uses to scratch its prey as if making tribal marks on a child.

Ameboperoo:
Ekun is leopard
Kiniun is lion
Ogidan is hyaena (Lako lan b'ogidan because of the female pseudopenis)
Tiger is to Asian what lion is to Africa.

N3cR0mAZc3R:
bullshit. Yorubas are not native to europe nor are we hebrews or share similar words with them. I can't argue for now bro. That's my last reply to you.

eby001:
Catfish= aroo/arogidigba
Titus= sawa
Mackerel= osan